Collar-band



COLLAR BAND.

Patented July 5, 1921.

C. F. SCHWARZ AND Ci L. SHADER.

APPLLcATloN HLED MAY 22. 1920. 1,383,343.

UNITED STTES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES FRED SCHWARZ AND CORNELIUS L. SHADER, or TROY, NEW YORK.

COLLAR-BAND.

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Y Patentgd July 5, 192L Application filedMay 22, 1920. Serial No. 383,473.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES FRED SCHWARZ and CORNELIUS L. SHADER,citizens of the United States, residing at Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collar-Bands, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to neck bands for collars and has for its objectto provide a new article of manufacture and method or mode of operationfor making neck bands,by means of which time and material are. saved.

A further object of the invention is to provide a neck band formed fromfabric sections, the edges of which have been creased and turned in andthe sections placed in registration with each other and sewed togetherwith their turned in portions toward each other, also to provide alongitudinally disposed row of stitches, spaced from the lower edge ofthe band which stitches limit the upward movement of the edge of theshirt neck opening so that the band maybe easily and properly placed onthe shirt adjacent the opening.

A further object is to provide the strip of material, which is disposedoutwardly with a flap which is folded inwardly so as to be disposedbetween the sections, thereby providing a piece of material to cover theouter face of the edge of the shirt 4opening so as to hide the raw edgeand at the same time providing a pad, which pad will relieve thepressure of the collar button on the neck, and also forming anadditional reinforcement for the band.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1

In' the drawings Figure l is a plan view of the blank from which theouter strip of the neck band is formed.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the outer` strip showing the upper and sidemarginal edges as having been folded in and the reinforcing extensionfolded in,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the outer strip showing the bottom flap ashaving been folded upwardly and disposed beneath the reinforcing folds.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the inner strip, showing the same before itsmarginal edges have been folded in. i f

Fig. 5Vis a plan view of the inner strip showing the same after it hasbeen folded in and in condition to be placed in registration with thefolded strip shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the collar band showing one end rippedopen to show portions of the abutting4 surfaces of the strip.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a sectional perspective view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Heretofore neck bands have been made by rst marking on a strip ofmaterial, the pattern for as many blanks as the strips would cut andthen stamping or cutting the blanks in accordance with the pattern. Theblanks so cut, then being sent to operators,-who

crease them by hand, and they are then sent to other operators who turndown the edges, after which the blanks are put together and sewed. Bythe improved method contemplated, the blanks are cut according to thepattern out, of a strip of material of a size sufficient to allow oneedge and portion of the end to be turned over, instead of having a blankwhere it is necessary to turn over both edges, as is usually done inblanks heretofore made. Then the blankA is placed upon a suitablemachine or die which turns the edges A to assume the position shown indotted lines A2, Fig. l, and shown in full lines in Fig. 2. The turnedin portion A substantially centrally thereof is provided with anextension A3, which folds into two sections. A4 on the line Ar to theposition shown in Fig. 2, so as to form a reinforcing member carriedbetween the outer and inner strips which form the band. After f theblank has been folded to the position shown in Fig. 2, the lower section'A6 is folded upwardly and disposed beneath the reinforcing sections A4;then the blank is entirely formed and is in folded condition as shown inFig. 3. The blank shown in Fig. 3, in folded position is a blank usedfor the outer side of the collar band. However, it will be seen thatafter the inner and outer strips are secured together that either stripmay j ginal edge A8 ofthe section A6.

which is termed theV medial Yline A7, beingoutwardly disposed. Theturned over portion A is along the upper edge and sides of the blankandV substantially at the same time,v

thatedge A is turned over, the blank is creased along the medial lineA7,shown by4 dotted lines in Figs. l and 2 Vand alsoin Fig. l of the otherstrip B, thereby causing.

the blank to assume the position shown in Fig. 3, in which the turnedover portionA engages along its marginal edge, the inar- The linesubstantially distant preferably equally from the edge A8 and VtheY edgeA9 of the` inclusive apply to the strip shown in Figs. Y

4l and 5. After the strips have been so formed from blanks they areplaced sideV by side as shown in Fig. 6 with their turned in-portionsorl sides in engagement with each Vother'g. the strips` being inengagement Vwith eachV other theyV are stitched together alongtheirupper edges as shown at C and l UD,- stitching VD being at their ends;Stitching C and `D passes through the outer layers Y andalso through theturned in edges A.

v parallell therewith.

A second line of` stitching 'E is then placed adjacent the upper edge ofthe bandand VStitching E passes through the outer layers of the materialand through the inner layers of the sections AG adjacent the edges ASthereof.

Extending longitudinally of the 'band is a line of stitching F which isbroken as' at Gr where it passes over the reinforcing meinbers A4. VStitching F 4isv parallel with the loweredge ofthe band and ispreferably centrally' disposed onqthe band and forms means'wherebywhenthe edge Vof the-neck opening of the garinent'is inserted betweenthe folds as shown at H, it will. limit the downward` movement ofA the;band on the garment and wllllforin means whereby the 'band may beaccurately placed on the garment opening and secured inplace.

Fromthe above it will be seen that a four ply neck bandis providedwhichis equally durable, strong and serviceable as the bands made in theusual manner and that one is provided in whichmore blanksV can be cutout of a given piece' of cloth because of leavino" off the materialnecessaryto'turn over on one` half of the blank. Time and money aresaved b aerforinino in one o eration the turning of theV edges andcreasing O'f the neck band and' the bands being inposition to be'lsewedtogether immediately after they has creased kand turned .the edges.

' Ehe invention having been set forth whatv is claimed as new and usefulis':'V

As a new article of manufact-ure, a neck band adapted to Ybe attachedpermanently by stitching tothe neck opening of a shirt, said bandconsisting of two similarly shaped blanks, eachhaving its upper edgeandits ends turned in upon the body of the blank, and each .foldedAlongitudinally Aon itself with its edges in abutting engagement V'withVV have been received from the operator,jwho

each other, and stitches passing through the -V inturnedportions unitingthe blanks at theirV upper edge, vand a second fline of stitchespassing-through the blanks4 at a distance from' the lower'edgesof theblanks, where by anopening is provided for the insertion of the edge ofthe neck opening of the shirt, said stitches limiting the distance towhich the of the neck openinginay beY inserted within the openingA intheneck band, fandV constituting af guide for. positioning the band in theneck opening.

ln testimonywliereof we hereunto affix our signatures. p

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